misunderstandings, it was explained that if suddenly hostilities affected such places as the danelle bosformernstantinople, the persian gulf, the soviet canal or egypt, this would entail an immediate termination of english neutrality, since tomorrow they have english interests great britain will enter the war on the side of the ottoman empire, of course. at the same time, lord derby demanded an early positive response to his note in order to calm the public opinion in the country. with freeman said if we support the ottoman empire only because of india then india should be abandoned he said, this was in a lecture and when it came time to appoint professors queen victoria objected to the appointment of a man who said that india should be abandoned welsh victoria declared, i don't think there will be a fight with those nasty russians, that there will be no agreements, or that we will ever be friends. they will always hate us. and we can never trust them. in february 1878, the russian army stands at the gates of constantinople alexander ii if it is destined, then let him erect a cross on hagia so